F3 Knoxville

Happy Burpee

AO: asylum-am
Q: Waffle House (Brady Greene)
PAX: Rainbow, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Double Wide, Cosmo 2, Gibbler, Hands, Bunny, Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Kentucky, Tropicana, Love’s, Newton
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
51 SSH, one for every year since Ray Stevens’ The Streak was the #1 song in the land. Look how far we’ve fallen as a culture.

Today was a day for reflection, for the frank acknowledgment of aging, and for tripping over hidden rocks in a wet parking lot. Kentucky I am sincerely sorry about the rock and I hope you are not too badly hurt. I do hear good things about the NHS though, should you need them.

10 Happy Burpees per guy while the partner counted out loud. The counting part sounds dumb until you do your ten and realize you sincerely cannot move your arms after 10 of these things. The counting was my birthday gift to us all.

We got up to some shennanigans in between the burpee torture sessions, and finished with a couple of trips up baby everest. All in all, and alongside the great Matlock (Bill Maddox), I am #rekt.

BOM: observations on a life of faith

Be Prepared, Always

AO: asylum-am
Q: Sawdust
PAX: Farley, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Pac-man, Hands, Grandslam
FNGs: None
COUNT: 6
WARMUP:
– Motivators
– Stretch
– Tempo Merkins
– Cherry Pickers
– Abe Vigodas
– Rockettes
– Tie-Fighters

THE THANG:
– Route 66 with Merkins up the Dragon’s Tale
– DORAs from a card selection using a PAX run around the circle as a timer.
– Station #1 was the Overlook
– Mosey off road to the next stop (Oops, we got our shoes wet)
– Station #2: Ant Hill
– Mosey on the path to keep Matlock (Bill Maddox)’s feet dry
– Station #3: Pav-Lov
– Mosey back to the AO

MARY: Just a few tempo squats to round up to 0615.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: N/A

COT: BE PREPARED,
which means, you are always in a state of readiness in mind and body to do your DUTY;
Be Prepared in Mind by having disciplined yourself to be obedient to every order, and also by having thought out beforehand any accident or situation that might occur, so that you know the right thing to do at the right moment, and are willing to do it.
Be Prepared in Body by making yourself strong and active and able to do the right thing at the right moment, and do it.
— https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant-General_(United_Kingdom) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baden-Powell en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Bath, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouting_for_Boys (1908), “Camp Fire Yarn.—No. 4. Scout Law.” (Part I, p. 48)

Sherpa training

AO: asylum-am
Q: Hands
PAX: Cinco (Scott McGuire), Bunny, Cat Gut (Mike Davis), Cosmo 2, Double Wide, F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Hands, P3, Pac-man, Rainbow, Techmo
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: Motivator, plank work, mosey to Everest

THE THANG: 25 Merkins and 25 4 count LBC, then up Everest. Rinse and repeat for 3 trips total. 4 round was at the base of the space needle with one trip up the Space Needle. A game of tackle the skunk was then considered but ultimately rejected by all the pax but P3 had to be called off the chase. We did some toe merkins and core work at the home office and then worked our way back to the AO, stopping to bear crawl, lunge and broad jump a few times.

MARY: Never

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Book club coming soon. Memorial Day same time or later? TBD

COT: You are a fisher of men. Check your bait!

Private School Math

AO: asylum-am
Q: P3
PAX: F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Hands, Grandslam, Tropicana
FNGs: None
COUNT: 5
WARMUP:

5 easy updowns
SSH
Lap around the parking lot
Cherry Pickers
Runners Stretch
Downward Dog
Tempo Merkins
Shoulder warm-up

THE THANG:

Top of cardiac
– partner one down to first turn – 12 burpees
– Parter two – holds plank
Switch, repeat

– parter one down to 2nd turn – 8 burpees
– Partner two – Flutter Kicks
Switch, repeat

– partner one down to bottom – 6 burpees
– Partner two – Big bois
switch, repeat

Mosey towards route 66

11s – every other light post Merkins
11s – every other light post jump squats
Route 132

Bottom of Everest – 10 Burpees buy in, then run to top

MARY:

Box Cutters
Freddie Mercuries
Hello Dollies

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Hardship Hill this weekend. Asylum PM is looking for more folks! Pluto may lead a workout next week with a tribute to “The Red Bandana”.

COT:

Tribute to my Aunt with message to not let the Devil trick you into thinking that your misfortune is God’s doing. God allows us to go through hard times to make us stronger.

A always B be G getting up

AO: asylum-am
Q: Waffle House (Brady Greene)
PAX: Cinco (Scott McGuire), Rainbow, Matlock (Bill Maddox), Hands, Charmin (John Willis), Cosmo 2, F3 Pluto ( Hugh Nystrom), Kentucky, Love’s, Pac-man, Fabio (Joe Hamilton), Steak Knives (F3 Cape Fear)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 13
Were it not for the presence of a most welcome visitor I might have forgotten the disclaimer, so thank you Steak Knives (F3 Cape Fear) . I will repeat the disclaimer here in case anybody missed it this morning:
-F3 is not responsible for your injuries; Charmin (John Willis) is.
-Asylum is the first and longest continually operating F3 AO in the continental United States, and is statistically comprised of the best looking Pax
-The Q Source is an ongoing collaboration between Matlock (Bill Maddox), Cosmo 2, edited for clarity by @Tecmo. It is Asylum’s gift to F3 Nation.

Disclaimer out of the way, we warmed up with an appropriate pre-birthday Q number of SSHs. Steak Knives (F3 Cape Fear) got the Junk Science to take back to the fine men of Wilmington NC, may they all enjoy 10 more years. Shoulders blasted, some light stretching.

Like all my attempts to be like Double Wide, I couldn’t quite measure up, but we sprinted and walked down the winding path and route 66ed our way back, Sweep Or Be Swept. I hope my future grandchildren appreciate all the getups I did for them.

ATMs to finish, as is only right.

For the BOM I thought about three friends of mine and their experiences of faith – not having any and wishing they did; having some for a time and then rejecting it; and having it land on them through a disaster, and being brought to life by it. Prayed for Paul’s procedure today, and for Cinco (Scott McGuire)’s road trip. And for my friend Carol.

What a pleasure to be out in it with you guys this morning. Thank you!